Review of Virgin America flight San Francisco → Los Angeles in First

Airline Virgin America

Flight VX 847

Class First

Seat 2A

Aircraft Airbus A320

Flight time 01:20

Take-off 29 Aug 07, 13:20

Arrival at 29 Aug 07, 14:40

SFO LAX San Francisco Los Angeles

26 reviews

By manureva744 4408

Published on 12th September 2011

After the few hours spent in SFO, I went to wait for my flight at the Continental Presiden Club thanks to a friend of mine who is a member. The lounge is small, I didn't take any pictures. There is a bar in the middle tended by a barman. There are pretzels, and other nuts available and as we are in the morning there are bagels, cream cheese and jam. There are also a few fruits, bananas, apples.

After I had checked-in at the Virgin America counters, very trendy, white with red notes, orchids in pots, I accept the First Class upgrade for 50 USD. It'll give me the opportunity to compare with Alaska Airlines I just flew in with.
Security check was fast and I go to gate A12 to wait for departure.

Boarding will start soon and behind the counter there is a table with earphones available free of charge. Other lowcost carriers make you pay the earphones and prices range from 1USD at jetBlue to 5USD at Hawaiian Air.

Our CFM on the left hand side.

The legroom is far better than at Alaska !

Our neighbour, another Airbus, A320 wearing the jetBlue name.

Traffic at SFO

The runway for our departure for Los Angeles

And we have lift off !

SFO Airport from above !

Sceneries…

Personnal television in First.

I went in Economy for a couple of pictures of the winglet

Our engine. It is a shame you don't see how irridescent the red colour is, you'd think they poured tons of glitter on it !

During the flight a snack is served in small plastic verrines served in a box.

Cherry tomato and mozzarella with balsamic vinegar.

Parma ham and melon pearl.

Vanilla cream chou with chocolate sauce.

My meal for the flight. The crew will also offer crisps on top of what was already offered. Drinks are also served, I took a Coke.

And California goes by under our Airbus or under the clouds…

On my screen, the map of the continental USA and our arrival at LAX.

Little turn above downtown Los Angeles.

Our landing is smooth and we are waiting between the 2 North runways and we see this China Eastern A340-600 departing for Shanghai Pudong.

We get to our taxiway and towards terminal 6 which was back then the one Virgin American used before transfering it's operations to T3, while taxiing we meet up with Air New Zealand.

Verdict

Virgin America

7.9/10

Cabin9.0

Cabin crew8.0

Entertainment/wifi5.0

Meal/catering9.5

San Francisco - SFO

7.4/10

Efficiency8.5

Access5.0

Services8.0

Cleanliness8.0

Los Angeles - LAX

5.6/10

Efficiency7.0

Access5.0

Services5.5

Cleanliness5.0

Conclusion

The flight went real well, with a couple minutes delay.

Comfort wise, the Virgin America First class is excellent. The white seats are really comfortable.

The personnel is young and dynamic but a little too familiar for my taste. I prefer the europeans or asians act. It's a little but like in restaurants in the USA where they'll spent their whole time asking you if all is good when you are actually eating and chewing food ! Very rude ! I prefer not to be bothered but to know that the staff is ready on hand whould I need them.

Compared to Alaska Airlines, it was excellent ! All I needed with an excellent quality snack !

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19 Comments

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TheLuc 1616 Comments 2011-09-12 23:18:06

Merci pour ce FR
Bien mieux que la first d\'Alaska airlines !!!
Autre point: est ce que les prix étaient proches entre les deux compagnies ???? 2011-09-12 23:18:06

A380B77W 4295 Comments 2011-09-12 23:23:41

merci pour ce FR !
Belles photos !
y en a une qui ne s\'affiche pas...ou alors c\'est ma connexion pourrie sur mon autre ordi... 2011-09-12 23:23:41

marathon GOLD 10136 Comments 2011-09-12 23:31:30

Siperbes photos de SFO !
Question aux spécialistes : en exploitation normale, quand il y a comme à SFO deux pistes parallèles, est-ce qie l\'une est dédiée aux atterrissages et l\'autre aux décollages, ou est-ce que cela alterne ?
Merci pour ce FR. 2011-09-12 23:31:30

marathon GOLD 10136 Comments 2011-09-12 23:34:49

Suggestion valable pour tous : insérer un retour chariot entre chaque photo s\'il n\'y a pas de commentaire, de manière à ce qu\'une ligne noire sépare les photos. Ce serait plus esthétique, et parfois cela aiderait à laur compréhension, par exemple dans le cas des vues aériennes. 2011-09-12 23:34:49

Leadership TEAM BRONZE 5472 Comments 2011-09-13 01:56:46

SPLENDIDE, la compagnie, la cabine, l\'IFE, le paysage, la vue sur SFO, le trafic, la collation!

Merci beaucoup, pour 50$ je signe aussi! 2011-09-13 01:56:46

SKYTEAMCHC GOLD 10139 Comments 2011-09-13 07:32:18

Merci beaucoup j\'ai pris cette compagnie entre SEA et SFO en éco et en garde un excellent souvenir . Belle cabine, éclairage sympa et équipage parfait. 2011-09-13 07:32:18

frwstar2 1260 Comments 2011-09-13 15:14:21

@marathon : Quand il y a deux pistes en parallèle, généralement la plus courte pour les atterrissage et la plus longe pour les décollage. Il peut y avoir des exceptions pour des \petites avions\. 2011-09-13 15:14:21

frwstar2 1260 Comments 2011-09-13 15:18:29

Pardon pour le double postes.

@manureva744 : Pourriez-vous aussi éditer votre FR et supprimer les lignes inutiles à la fin.
Je suis en accord avec vous pour 50$, je n'hésite pas je me surclasse. 2011-09-13 15:18:29

marathon GOLD 10136 Comments 2011-09-13 15:24:20

@frwstar2
Merci pour l\'info; cela me semble logique 2011-09-13 15:24:20

Flopilote11 55 Comments 2011-09-13 15:25:33

Vraiment très sympa l\'encas ! Un bon vol apparemment, et très impressionnante la photo du décollage du 346 China, vous aviez l\'air très proche !

Merci pour le FR ;-)
2011-09-13 15:25:33

nicoco95 585 Comments 2011-09-13 17:22:42

Merci pour ce FR, ce que j\'adore sur virgin america c\'est le \détail qui tue\ c\'est a dire le winglet porte le drapeau américain ;)le repas me donne l\'eau à la bouche lol 2011-09-13 17:22:42

02022001 GOLD 4394 Comments 2011-09-13 17:49:50

Merci pour ce FR
sympa et mieux qu\'alaska airlines 2011-09-13 17:49:50

Damss974 1810 Comments 2011-09-13 19:34:51

Merci pour ce FR !
Très belles photos de SFO, et surtout VX fait envie.
Leadership a l\'air conquis, je sens des aller retour à FLL juste pour tester ! lol.
A+ 2011-09-13 19:34:51

Leadership TEAM BRONZE 5472 Comments 2011-09-13 19:41:54

@Damss974

Lol, ouai je suis aller voir après les prix et destinations au départ de FLL mais c\'est juste SFO et LAX, à partir de 300$ A/R (218euros). 2011-09-13 19:41:54

Damss974 1810 Comments 2011-09-13 19:44:43

Ah dommage je pensais qu\'ils proposaient également JFK au minimum !
Mais bon un transcontinental, ... c\'est un transcontinental aussi lol :)
A+ 2011-09-13 19:44:43

fredotoga 120 Comments 2011-09-13 22:24:48

très bien le FR. Merci
Marathon>> je confirme les propos de frwstar2. Sur un doublet la piste la plus courte sert généralement à l\'atterrissage 2011-09-13 22:24:48
jam 2001 Comments 2011-09-14 00:17:10

De superbes photos !

2011-09-14 00:17:10